Spring is the traditional season for sowing seeds - and rightfully so; the birds are chirping, the sunshine is warm on your face, and the shy weather is never bolder than 80 degrees with white puffy clouds. How could these young seeds not want to sprout into their full blooming potential? But for anyone who lives here, they realize that spring is less like a season and more like, well . . . a prelude. Two weeks of perfect weather before jumping in head first into a blazingly hot and long summer. Welcome to the great state of Texas.
At LINC North Texas, we're also in a season of spring planting, only ours lasts a little longer than 2 weeks. Like busy farmers, we're toiling away sowing seeds into the community, bringing families closer together to blossom into their full potential of what they could be. Though the labor is intensive as we wipe our brows in the hot Texas sun, we think on the harvest: the amazing ways that God uses us to bring each other together to help us live better, richer and fuller lives that blossom into a bountiful harvest. That's our goal her at LINC NT - not just to help others around us grow, but to cultivate character and relationship that produce much fruit. Whether it be lessons on leadership and ethical principles in the classroom through our SALI program, bringing parents and students closer through our parent nights, or supporting our Latino community through our new ESL program and house church ministry - we toil forward with one ultimate goal: to harvest all of God's people for his kingdom.
As you go through your weekend and into a new work week ahead, keep a question in front of you: what kind of seeds are you sowing? For those of you who toil towards your own rich harvests, may God bless you in your labor. For those of you who are still looking for a chance, you're always welcome here at LINC. The harvest is bountiful but the hands few!
Looking forward towards the fruit God is producing in and through us,
Brandon
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